Hanging Christmas Stockings without a mantel

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"And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care."  Ever wonder what those of us who don't have chimneys do with our Christmas stockings?  I never really wondered that because we didn't have a mantel growing up.  Here's how we hang our stockings in our house.

Our first Christmas in our house 10 years ago, I tied our stockings to the banister in our living room that over looks our entrance way.  A few years ago I decided to try something different and have been using it ever since.

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You'll first want to find a wall to hang the stockings on.  This wall is just the perfect size to hang stockings.  Throughout the year I have this frame hanging up.  So, during Christmas this frame is taken down.

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Surprise!  The frame was hiding some screws for hanging the stockings.

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To hang this wall hook that I bought from Walmart, I unscrew the screws that are hidden by the frame and then use them to screw the hooks to the wall.

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Then hang up your Christmas stockings on the hooks.  When I first put this up, I had all intentions of making a sign to hang above the wall hooks to hide the nails.  A year or so, my mother-in-law gave me a Christmas sign that no longer fit with her Christmas decor.  It worked perfectly over our stockings!

Do you have a no mantel problem at your house?  If so, how do you hang your stockings?

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